User blog comment:JoePlay/Anonymous Sweeps/@comment-24.117.99.218-20111016072829

Victor Lustig. The dude sold the Eiffel Tower to an unsuspecting scrap metal dealer AND conned Al Capone. Damn impressive fraud cred right there. Second place is a toss up between Charles Ponzi, Joseph "Yellow Kid" Weil, Joseph Smith, and Frank Abagnale Jr.